However this game showed how horrible of a Coach Phil Jackson is... why did he sit Kobe for those crucial 4 minutes? LeBron defended Kobe amazingly down the final 4:00 and really shut him down, and then LeBron pooped on Kobes' face with Kobes' own move. I loved every second of it.

Obviously they're not comparable because Lebron has had his own team since day 1.
Kobe wasn't even a starter in the league until his 3rd year, and even then, the team was balanced with Shaq, Shaw, Fox, Harper, AC Green , etc.
If you look at the Lakers historically, they don't start many rookies.

Pure talent maybe Lebron is the top player to step on the court because of his combination of size, speed and agility. Once his athletic ability diminishes and he can't get to the basket at will, what's going to happen? He doesn't have the offensive skill set to be a dominant perimeter scorer or defender.
The skill set that he has now is behind a lot of lesser players, and that will catch up to him if he doesn't work on them and his athletic ability declines.

And another note: Kobe has stat padded before, but in recent memory I can only really say the 81 point game, because he had a chance at making history, and people were pissed off when he sat out the game where he had 62 in 3 quarters.
Some might say the 4 straight 50 point games, but in all honesty, those games were close and they wouldn't have won any of those without his scoring.
He's had 4-40 point months in his career, I highly doubt that he's been padding his stats to achieve it all of those times.

I wonder what would have happened to Kobe's career if he would've stayed in Charlotte, the team that originally drafted him.